Nevada County picayune., 1887-08-03

] now S9nuS the 1iCAYUNE to ms brother. w. NJ. Brock at Hunts vile, Ala.
 We are request ed to announce that there will be a lawn party ai the residence of Mir. J. C. Young, Friday evening, for the benefit Oi the Baptist church. Everybody invited.
 Dr. J. c. Parrish. the energetic and responsible Rosston physician passed through Thursday, enroute to Purdy, Tenn, to visit his sick father, having been summoned by a telegram.
 Friend Johnnie Sullivan. whO has gone back to Crow Creek Agency, Dakota T., writes us he can't do without the PICAYUNE and to send it on there. All right. Success to you.
 A good long letter received from pr, C. F. BarIlam, from Dallas. Texas, and we regret our space is too limited for it's publication. The Doctor says he expects to be out soon, on a visit
 Mir J. F. Britt was considerably hurt last week. His mules ran away, and he jumped out, and the fall broke the collar bone where 1t joins the shoulder, on his left side. He was able to be out yesterday.
 Some of our people went down to Hope yesterday to see the Hope and Camden base ball clubs cross bats, among them Misses Fife Reed and Mamie Ferguson, and J. II. Arnold and Johnnie Fergu. son.
 Uncle Johnnie Hawkins died about s o'clock Saturday evening, and was buried in DeAnne ceme- tery Sunday morning. He was one of the first settlers of Prescott, aud consistent member of the M. F. Church South.
 We will give next week the re suits of prohibition in Prescott went around yesterday and got mp necessary data, from our principa l dry goods and grocery merchants, but have not the room to put same m this issue.
 IL is said that genuine, first class ghost perambulates a sweet gum grove, out mile west of town, near Mir Williams. Some of the boys went out to see it Thusday ngbt and were uot disappointed, although they did not tackle his ghosthipS.
 Mir. J. NJ. Hendrix. one of the most enterprising farmers in the Wallaceburg neigbborhOOd, was in town Saturday. He tells us he has garnered 45 bushels of wheat from two acres; the land was not manured, but bushel of seed was sown to the acre.
 Messrs $ Brock and J T Pollard, two of Pike county's best farmers and solid Democrats, were in town Saturday, and gave us a pleasant call Mir Pollard is q boss checker player. and tied Uncle Vim Hatley, one of our best players.
 The following gentleman have settled their subs ;ription recently, for which We say thanks, and place them on the roll of honor: B. w. Bourland, ROsstOn; J. G. PurifOy, Bluff City; A. T. Bailey, Bodcaw; John Weber, l.. E. Hinton, Joe Kershaw. Hope;J J Duvall, w H Taylor, Brad Scott, Prescott.
 Col. Smoote acted as special judge at Center point last week, in the case of Hampstead vs How ard county, to decide whether or not the latter should pay part of the old debt, made before it was cut off from the former. and it was decided in the affirmative and as sessed at little over S4,00O.
 In order to suit the outgoing mails in the country, so that the paper will reach our subscribers fresh from the press. we will after this week issue the PICAYUNE Thursdays instead of Wednesdays. Correspondents, too will gain a day more in which to get up news items. and their letters can reach us by Monday or Tue sday noon.
 Mir. F. Littletield our clever pho- tographer. meved to Hope Mon- day. He is an exceptionally fine photographer, and gave perfect